Sex without beauty:
The vanity and pride of the inferior,
Transformed, in one sick moment, into the lazy
Rapaciousness of the superior—
Which has no pride.
Which is worse? You, inferior,
With your vanity, or you, with no pride
Capable of doing anything to anyone?
And then consciousness of crime
Invades, and vanity and superiority
Become a rage of inferiority
Aimed at virtue and modesty.
Ideas fade. You talk endlessly.
Modesty seems to you insanity;
You begin to laugh, and cannot stop;
You laugh with energy in the valley;
An echo mocks you at the top.